The Right to Die: A Cross-National Analysis of Agenda Setting and Innovation

J D Smith and H R Glick
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J D Smith: Department of Political Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2049, USA
H R Glick: Department of Political Science and The Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2049, USA

Environment and Planning C, 1995, vol. 13, issue 4, 479-501

Abstract: Through theories of agenda setting and innovation, the origin, development, and enactment of right-to-die policy in four Western nations—the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, and Great Britain—are examined. Different social and government structures produced varied right-to-die politics in each of these countries, although similar issues received more emphasis in Europe. However, it is discovered that policy entrepreneurs, organizations, and governments are important in similar ways in moving the issue from the public to the governmental agenda and to policy innovations in each country. The paper is concluded with a discussion of elements to be included in a model of agenda setting and innovation and with a proposal for the application of theory to a wider range of policies.

Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1068/c130479

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